Is raging nationalism good for sports betting? If you were to base the answer to that question on the volume of betting surrounding the 4 Nations Face-Off, the answer would be a resounding “yes.” According to recently released numbers, published in SBC Americas, wagering on the international hockey event broke multiple records for hockey wagering…
Greyhound racing is about to become a thing of the past in Wales, and the British Gaming Council (BGC) is not at all happy about the situation. The UK-focused gambling industry advocacy group is suggesting that a ban on all Greyhound racing in the UK is being motivated by a desire to win votes rather…
DraftKings' CEO Jason Robins peered into his company's future during a recent Q4 earnings call and had lots to say about what America's biggest sports betting operator will be doing down the line. It's a future that includes plenty of live betting, potentially some lottery, and some very ambitious earnings goals. Digital lotteries have been…
America's newest anti-gambling organization, the National Association Against iGaming (NAAiG), differs significantly from almost every other anti-gambling group on the planet. That's because the NAAiG is a coalition made up primarily of land-based gaming operators who are warning against the dangers of their biggest rival, online gambling. The unusual lobbying group includes executives from name…
Deep in the heart of Iowa farm country is a Corn field like no other cornfield in America. This particular corn field, dubbed America's Busiest Cornfield by Betting Hero, an activation and research leader in the global sports betting and iGaming industries, is where crowds of sports bettors from Nebraska gather to place bets by…
Imagine a world where you board a transcontinental flight and burn the hours in the air honing your basic strategy blackjack skills, or pull endlessly on the virtual arm of an electronic slot machine. That scenario is about to come to life in the skies above the United States thanks to a new agreement between…
Is the event contract market getting ready to hit mainstream America? That may well be the case in the wake of a recent announcement of a deal between Robinhood, the online brokerage firm, and Kalshi, a major player in the events contract market, to partner on trades surrounding the outcome of Super Bowl LIX. It's…
Does regulated igaming cannibalize customers who would normally be frequenting land-based casinos? Is the mere threat of regulated igaming in an emerging gaming market enough to halt construction plans for land-based casinos entirely? These kinds of nuts-and-bolts and questions were very much on the mind Las Vegas Sands CEO Rob Goldstein during a recent quarterly…
Daily fantasy sports (DFS) operator Underdog is boosting its content portfolio in a major way with a multi-year deal with Gil's Arena, a popular digital sports broadcast. It's a deal that locks in the entire cast of the fifth largest daily sports broadcast in the country, according to Underdog. Under the terms of the deal,…
ESPN and the PGA are teaming up to bring live betting to a whole new level on the world's biggest sports media channel. Earlier this week PENN Entertainment, the operator of ESPN Bet, announced a new partnership with the PGA that will have ESPN+ hosting a live betting stream of the PGA TOUR LIVE. The…
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